Weekend trip to Varanasi!! A night time prayer ritual by 7 Brahman. (Priests, but also the highest Caste in Hinduism). Caste seems to still play a major role in people's lives which has been really interesting. The girls who we are working with are all of low Caste and refer to their surnames as 'Kumari' which is traditionally used to hide your Caste (so if you are of low Caste, this name is frequently used).

 An evening concert of traditional Indian music! Sitar and Tabla - amazing! They were so skilled an effortless - missing my guitar lots! It was definitely an experience - I have never been to a concert where you are able to lie down on a thin mattress with pillows. A lot of people fell asleep!

 5.30am morning boat tour along the ghats!

 The ghats of Varanasi as the sun begins to rise. It was amazing to see the wide range of different ways of life the Ganges provides people - people washing, people praying, people emersing babies in the water for a sort of baptism, washing clothes, fishing.

 Hello sunshine!

 Morning yoga!! Absolutely hilarious - the teacher was ridiculously flexible and expected us to also be just as flexible. I didn't realise quite how useless I was at even simple things like touching my toes!

 Breakfast on a roof top! Pancakes and cereal and eggs and bread! Delicious and we all filled up ready for the day.

 Back to work - LGG3 'washing your hands'.

 The girls all had to practise and show that they had learnt how to properly wash their hands. In order to remember each stage the girls are taught a short rhyme (in Hindi, which was interesting for us to learn also).

 Demonstrating! Water, soap, lathering all up the arms, under the nails, wash off with water and air dry.

 Practising my Hindi with one of the girls from the self-help group.

Next learning game about saving money. Demonstrating here the 4 things you must remember when making a savings plan: 'where to save the money (me in the picture)', 'what (hands out)', 'How much (rub hands together) and 'when (point to watch)'